Posts By James Sheridan
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Political Education
Spoiler
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” – Liz Cheney Oh… wait… no… that...
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Political Education
Leadership Qualities
“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your...
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Political Education
Enough Votes
When Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was asked why a candidate had lost his election, Daley drily replied, “He didn’t get...
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2.1KPolitical EducationThe Good is Oft Interred with the Bones: Richard Nixon and Title IX
“The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them; The Good is Oft Interred with their Bones” Shakespeare Shortly after taking office as...
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3.1KLabor or UnionsWomen Leading the Labor Movement: Mary Kay Henry
Mary Kay Henry is the first woman to lead Service Employees International Union. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a union...
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3.2KLabor or UnionsWomen Leading the Labor Movement: Roberta Lynch
Roberta Lynch became Executive Director of AFSCME Council 31 in 2014. AFSCME Council 31 represents more than 90,000 active and retired state,...
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Labor or Unions
Women Leading the Labor Movement: Frances Perkins
As a student at Mount Holyoke College, Frances Perkins, born in 1880, studied the working conditions in a factory. Perkins later remembered...
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Labor or Unions
Women Leading the Labor Movement: Sara Nelson
Sara Nelson has served as the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO since 2014. The AFA represents fifty thousand...
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Labor or Unions
This is Not Your Father’s Labor Movement
Once upon a time, the labor movement focused on organizing industrial trade jobs, jobs that mainly employed men. Stereotypical union representatives were...
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International Politics
Habemus papam: Electing a Pope
Recently there has been speculation that 85-year-old Pope Francis may be considering resigning the papacy due to health issues. Pope Francis’ predecessor,...